Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 261 Promotion Sequence 3: Nobility and Royal Supremacy

Chapter 260

In the middle of the volcano in the Divine Weapon Kingdom, Rosen teleported over using the Void Phase of the Miracle Property of the Fairy Dragon Balls.

The moment he was surrounded by ashes, a continuous stream of ash surged into his body.

Soon, ash imprints formed in the sea of ​​consciousness, eventually condensing into 78 imprints. Activating the ancient god's sacrificial artifact increased the number to 87. However, after the amplification of the ancient god's sacrificial artifact was deactivated, the 9 additional ash imprints immediately collapsed.

However, it did not affect the sea of ​​consciousness; instead, it was absorbed by other ash imprints and began to generate ash power.

Even with the miraculous spark, Rosen still couldn't figure out what the power of ash was all about.

He already knew that the true nature of the ashes that shrouded the human world was the embers of civilization.

However, even Daisy did not know how the embers of civilization enveloped the human world. The Spirit World's Deep Web had no relevant information. Even the intelligent beings with the Demon Eye, who intercepted a conversation between two true gods about ashes in the Gods' Network, were full of curiosity but knew nothing about it.

Rosen quickly mastered enough Ash Power, the total amount of which was limited by the Ash Runes.

He casually released a Sequence 4 dragon beast imprisoned in the Void Prison, then withdrew the Dragon God's authority. Since the power of ash must have something to attach to, he directly infused the power of ash into spiritual energy to materialize a spirit bullet.

The bullet burst from the barrel, its damage precisely piercing through the dragon beast's defenses.

The power of ash flowed into the dragon beast's sea of ​​consciousness like a leech. Throughout the process, the dragon beast instinctively used its spirituality and the power of its dragon blood to resist, but to no avail. The power of ash directly rushed into the sea of ​​consciousness and enveloped its soul.

Starting with polluting the soul, it quickly and thoroughly corrupts the very source of spirituality.

At this moment, through the Ash Mark that generates the power of ash, he can sense the state of the dragon beast and control it.

It seems that there is a limit to how much Ash Life can be created with Ash Power. There is a maximum number of Ash Imprints that can be created at once, and then you have to wait for the Ash Imprints to accumulate enough Ash Power again before you can continue to transform more Ash Life.

Rosen frowned slightly. This ability was undeniably powerful, but manipulating ash lifeforms wouldn't be of much help to him.

With so many territorial units, he doesn't need Ash Brand to create henchmen.

Moreover, this ability is somewhat shady.

Rosen activated the Ash Brand, attempting to control the Ash's abilities.

He quickly discovered that this was the core value of the Ash Brand. As long as he was shrouded in ash, he could gain a stronger concealment ability than the combination of the Wolf Totem and the Void Shadow Realm. Even his outward spirituality could gain the same concealment effect.

Rosen uses the Wolf Totem and the Void Shadow to conceal his form, but he doesn't really value the ability to hide in the Ashes.

After all, in places where there is no ash, the former is more practical.

But Rosen really liked the ability to conceal one's spirituality.

The reason is simple: it's too easy for people to notice when you project your spirituality outwards.

Unless your spiritual strength far surpasses that of your opponent, if your spirituality spreads around the enemy, they will easily notice it. This is why, even though spiritual perception can easily perceive everything in all directions without blind spots, no one uses spiritual perception directly in battle.

But now, as long as he is shrouded in ashes, his spirit can move undetected around his enemies.

The result was that the enemy knew nothing about him, while he saw them clearly.

Back at the hotel, Rosen slipped into the mysterious study and entered the divine realm.

For nobles, the Divine Realm is the best environment for advancing to Sequence 3.

Because during the promotion process, it is necessary to completely integrate the authority one has gained into the divine realm, and to use the sublimated divinity to continuously infuse the divine realm with faith. Only from Sequence 3 onwards does the divine realm transform from a fragile doll into an indestructible entity.

For the Lords of the Divine Realm, Sequence 3 is the true beginning.

The preceding steps were all about building up the foundation; Sequence 3 is when the results begin to be reaped.

With everything in place, all human beings of extraordinary talent will be given priority in advancing to the aristocratic ranks.

Rosen communicated with the ancient trees of the noble order in the spirit world through spiritual means, and his divine domain descended to the foot of the golden ancient tree through spirituality.

Silently, three golden leaves drifted down from the tree.

The first piece of noble extraordinary essence was integrated, causing the noble extraordinary essence that was dispersed throughout the body's blood vessels to detach from the body.

The second piece integrates the sequence of ancient trees formed from the spiritual essence within Ash Castle, fusing the sequence of ancient trees with the noble's extraordinary essence.

The last piece transformed into golden flames, enveloping the entire divine realm.

Then the three golden leaves merged into one, and the sequence ancient tree, the noble extraordinary source matter, and the divine territory were also completely merged.

Because of the fusion of the three, the authority over the rules that Rosen held began to be completely integrated into the divine realm.

For a typical Sequence 4 to be promoted to Sequence 3, mastering one rule authority is already quite an achievement.

However, Rosen does wield a rather excessive amount of authority over the rules.

According to conservative estimates, he held more than fifty kinds of divine authority.

The reason it's an estimate is because some theocratic powers are still emerging.

With the help of the golden leaves, his spiritual origin has been sublimating, completely and permanently transforming from spirituality into divinity. He has begun to absorb faith that he could not truly absorb before, and in this process, he has directly grasped the authority of faith.

Then, the authority that was first integrated into the divine realm originated from the territorial characteristics born from the miraculous treasures created by the fusion of ancient god ritual techniques.

The first to be born is the authority of lordship, then the authority of glory, the authority of imitation, the authority of life, the authority of destiny, the authority of evolution, the authority of law and the authority of order, and finally the authority of eternity, the authority of blood and the authority of time.

The unique characteristics of the territory alone have allowed the divine domain to integrate a total of eleven rules and authorities.

Then, Rosen began to merge the authority held by his main body, his clones, and his pets.

Rosen himself possesses the authority over the world, as well as the authority over 18 laws, including sealing, protection, mind, truth, creation, assimilation, parasitism, hunting, traps, the wrath of the beast king, nightmares, light and shadow, ashes, the seven deadly sins, history, painting, and flesh.

Some of these rules and authorities were already in place, while others were integrated into the divine realm as they were created.

The historical authority and painting authority that Rosen had long desired to obtain have now been created one after another. Even Ash and Flesh have gained related authority because of the skills Ash Brand and Flesh Clone.

Because special skills all contain rules and authority, but he was unable to fully grasp the rules and authority contained in special skills in the past.

Now that the spiritual origin has been completely sublimated, the potential of special skills has been released, giving birth to corresponding rules and authority.

The rules mastered by the main body have been merged; the next step is to merge the authority held by the clones and pets.

These authorities are headed by the Authority of Creation, followed by the Authority of Creation, Dragon God, Correction, Alteration, Elements, Void, Primal Dream, Machine, Fantasy, Life, Morning Star, Harvest, Culture, Divinity, and Thunder, totaling 16 authority of rules.

Rosen thought it was over, but he didn't expect that new rules and authority would be incorporated.

These rules and authority primarily derive from the King and Queen of the Grail.

It has three special powers: the Holy Grail Crown, the Royal Sword, and the Source Grail, as well as five rule powers: Focus, Charisma, Loyalty, Intuition, and Dream, for a total of eight rule powers.

Having reached this stage of integration, Rosen's divine domain has now incorporated a total of 53 kinds of rule authority.

If it weren't for the suppression of the world's authority, and if the divine realm hadn't undergone several rounds of extinction, so many rules and authorities would have been enough to burst the divine realm. The divine realm, completely overfed, began its final growth and transformation.

The divine realm began to expand continuously, and Rosen began to continuously absorb spiritual crystals.

All divine realm lords who advance from Sequence 4 to Sequence 3 will have their territory diameter increased by a hundredfold.

However, normally, the lords of the divine realm would not do this.

The reason is simple: a large but fragile divine territory is far inferior to a small but sturdy divine territory.

Therefore, the smaller the divine territory, the better. Of course, it's not that you can make it as small as you want. While concentrated essence is indeed the best, there are limits to concentrated liquid. Generally speaking, it's best to increase the diameter of the divine territory by ten times, so that the basic strength can also be increased by ten times.

Rosen made the same choice, and he compressed it not by ten times, but by a hundred times.

Because of the special skill of the Ancient God Source Realm noble sequence, the radius of his divine domain is originally one hundred times that of the same level.

Even when compressed a hundredfold, it is still a hundred times larger than the divine domains of other divine domain lords.

Furthermore, the strength of his divine domain is ten times higher than that of others of the same level.

Moreover, this tenfold increase in strength is just the basics. If we include the 53 kinds of rule authority that have been fused, even the weakest rule authority can double the basic strength of the divine realm territory. Stronger ones, such as world authority, can easily increase the strength several times over.

Rosen finally estimated that his divine domain was 100 times larger and about 120 times stronger than others of the same level.

Other Sequence 4 promotions to Sequence 3, the Divine Realm is transformed from a balloon into a ball.

His divine territory would probably have been turned into a solid iron ball. Rosen was certain that even if a semi-finished divine kingdom of Sequence 1 were to collide with his divine territory, it wouldn't be his divine territory that would be shattered. Only a true divine kingdom could suppress his divine territory.

It will take some time for the complete transformation of the Divine Realm to be finished, since the Divine Realm needs to draw spiritual energy from the Spirit Realm.

However, after a slight hesitation, Rosen chose to supply its own power.

He went so far as to take out all the legacy of the Sequence 1 Bronze Dragon, decomposing and integrating all the accumulated divine crystals into the divine realm as nourishment for its growth, instead of accepting the free gift from the divine realm lord for this advancement to the spirit realm.

The more Rosen learned, the more he realized that there's no such thing as a free lunch.

The more free something is, the higher the hidden cost behind it.

Rosen had a vague sense that the calamity of civilization was not just a test and suppression of civilization by the main world.

Essentially, it's about collecting debts. The essence is that civilizations have taken too much from the main world, and the main world needs to destroy civilizations to recover the lost resources. Otherwise, if civilizations were allowed to take without restraint, the main world would have been drained and collapsed long ago.

Therefore, the more one takes from the main world, the more dangerous the calamity one will ultimately face.

It's impossible for Rosen to take nothing from the main world. To cultivate is going against the heavens, but unless absolutely necessary, it's certainly not wrong to take as little from heaven and earth as possible. The less you owe now, the less you'll have to pay back in the future.

In just three days, Rosen's divine territory had been completely transformed.

Normally it wouldn't be this fast, but he has the authority over the world and creation, as well as the authority over creation and evolution. These authority can accelerate the growth and perfection of the divine realm, which is why the transformation was completed in just three days.

And the professional powers that Rosen had been looking forward to in Sequence 3 were finally born at this moment.

[Supreme Rule: Noble Rank 3 Professional Abilities]

[Attribute: You are the king of the territory, and you have the right to establish a kingdom]

At first glance, Rosen was a little confused, because like the Time Lord, it was a profession power that had never appeared before.

However, after a closer look, it became clear that Rosen's breathing and heart rate were out of control.

Nobles of Sequence 3 are now eligible to establish duchies.

The founders of all duchies, in the beginning, had to be hereditary dukes, at least Sequence 3, and they had to expand their territories. Among these, territorial expansion was the most important point. Therefore, the vast majority of duchies were established 20,000 years ago.

That was truly a golden age, with powerful figures in the World Government emerging like an geyser.

According to statistics, the total number of gods and true gods born during the millennium of the establishment and expansion of the World Government was more than ten times that of the subsequent nearly 20,000 years. The vast majority of these gods became gods because they established kingdoms.

Because every principality, kingdom, and empire has the right to ignite its own independent flame of civilization.

The flame of civilization of the world government is essentially a collection of countless flames of civilization.

The right to establish a nation at Sequence 3 is granted by the World Government, but Rosen now bypasses the World Government and possesses the right to do so. He can now establish a duchy at Sequence 3 and ignite the flame of civilization at that level; once he reaches Sequence 2, he can establish a kingdom, and once he reaches Sequence 1, he can directly establish an empire.

Moreover, the civilization he established in the Divine Realm was not subordinate to the civilization of the World Government.

Instead, it belongs to him independently, which means he can obtain the right of enfeoffment that other divine lords do not have.

The World Government granted the nobles too many rights, but not the right to grant fiefdoms.

Legally, all land in the human world belongs to the World Government. The World Government grants land in the real world to nobles to establish their own kingdoms, and assigns divine territories to nobles who are not eligible for land grants in the real world. All the power of granting land belongs to the World Government.

However, Rosen's divine territory has completely broken free from the control of the World Government.

The most direct change is that when Rosen advances to the noble rank, he no longer needs the help of the ancient tree of the noble rank in the spirit world, because the exclusive ancient tree of the rank rooted in Ash Castle has an extra noble authority.

If one day the World Government's Noble Order Ancient Tree collapses, its own Noble Order Ancient Tree might be able to take its place.

Therefore, Rosen did not hesitate to take out his only Sequence 3 Soul Gem and upgrade Ash Castle to Sequence 3.

Ash Castle: A Divine Building

[Level: Sequence 3]

[Auxiliary Buildings: Castle Hall, Tower, Spirit Realm Watchtower, Steam Power Tower, Elemental Barrier Tower, Dungeon]

[Divine Trait: Mechanical Spirit Life - Gains advanced mechanical spirit intelligence through fusion with the Ancient Tree sequence]

[Divine Trait: Ashes of the Flame - Capable of destroying civilizations; collecting Ashes of the Flame strengthens Ash Castle]

[Theocratic characteristics: Civilization architecture - This is the core architecture of a civilization]

The Ash Castle has been upgraded to Sequence 3, and the basic change is a comprehensive enhancement.

Despite the fierce attacks of Sequence 2, the elemental barrier deployed by the Elemental Barrier Tower can hold out for several hours.

However, this change alone is far from worthy of a Sequence 3 Soul Gem.

Therefore, the biggest change lies in the architecture of civilizations with the characteristics of divine authority.

Rosen immediately instructed the intelligent life form with the magic eye to search for relevant information, as he remembered seeing civilized architecture somewhere before.

The search results came back quickly: civilized buildings are the carriers of the flame of civilization.

As long as the flame of civilization burns and the buildings of civilization remain intact, even a true god would find it difficult to storm the Ash Castle and destroy the flame of civilization. To destroy the Ash Castle, one must completely destroy the civilization that constitutes the flame of civilization, extinguish the flame of civilization, and only then can one finally conquer the buildings of civilization.

This means that as long as the duchy established by Rosen is not destroyed, Ash Castle will become a forbidden place that even the true gods cannot set foot in.

Of course, this is just talk; it would be too easy for a true god to destroy a principality.

However, it should be noted that he is only Sequence 3. It is easy for true gods and deities to destroy a duchy, but for a Sequence 1 to destroy his divine territory and his duchy is not as simple as it sounds, especially since he plans to establish his duchy in the ancient god's true realm.

The founding of a nation is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two. Rosen took out two treasures to prepare for their use.

These are the Queen's Egg of Sequence 3 and the Skill Crystal Mind Network of Sequence 3.

Both of these originate from the Sequence 3 Mind Queen. The former can transform into a unit's nest, while the latter is one of the Zerg's signature abilities. These two are absolutely worthy of his two ability slots, especially since he also plans to make some modifications to the Queen's Egg.

Rosen first refined the mind network and quickly mastered this special skill.

[Mind Networks: Gaining the ability to build mind networks based on spiritual divine authority]

Rosen only realized how much potential this mind network had after he mastered it.

If the Zerg hadn't been wiped out, their psychic network would definitely have become the sixth largest network in the Overworld.

Because he was integrated into the noble hierarchy, his mental network differed somewhat from that of the Zerg Queen.

Through the spiritual network, he can merge the spiritual consciousness of himself and all his subjects to create the spiritual network.

Then all his subjects are equivalent to nodes in the mental network. Through the mental network, everyone can communicate freely. He can even receive the blessing of the mental power of all his subjects through the mental network, and he can also transfer all the mental damage he suffers to his subjects.

If he is willing to expend his faith, he can also share some of the abilities he possesses with his subjects.

Finally, through the spiritual network, he can better gain faith.

The transmission of faith is subject to loss, and the greater the distance, the greater the loss.

Therefore, gods need to establish churches and build countless temples within their territories to harvest faith nearby.

However, with the spiritual network, the loss of faith transmission will be minimized.

Rosen couldn't wait to begin building the mental network, condensing his own divinity into nodes of the network, and then dispersing and integrating them into the consciousness of all his subjects and believers. He even used the illusory world of his left eye as the carrier of the mental network at the level of consciousness.

Originally, the Void Realm was the carrier of the virtual network within the Ancient God's True Realm; now, the virtual network has been upgraded to a mental network.

Rosen then tried the ability sharing feature, which consumed faith, and all true believers could gain the qualification to share it.

Skills from the Noble Rank cannot be shared, but skills from the Painter and Hunter Ranks can be shared.

Of course, not all skills are shared; each sequence level can only share one skill.

Moreover, the shared skills are all weakened versions, but he can still use his divine authority to integrate the skill crystals of the Painter and Hunter sequences into the mind network, and then let true believers master the skills contained in these skill crystals.

If someone is a fanatic above the level of a true believer, they can even share two skills.

If you are a saint, you can even share three skills.

In a sense, Rosen's use of the mental network was equivalent to having the ability of a god to bestow divine magic upon devout believers in advance.

(End of this chapter)